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Aurel Stodola

1859 - 1942

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Aurel Boleslav Stodola (11 May 1859 – 25 December 1942) was a Slovak engineer, physicist, and inventor. He was a pioneer in the area of technical thermodynamics and its applications and published his book Die Dampfturbine (the steam turbine) in 1903. In addition to the thermodynamic issues involved in turbine design the book discussed aspects of fluid flow, vibration, stress analysis of plates, shells and rotating discs and stress concentrations at holes and fillets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aurel Stodola has received more than 71,591 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Aurel Stodola is the 252nd most popular inventor (down from 233rd in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Slovak Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Aurel Stodola ranks 252 out of 354. Before him are Ray Dolby, Frank Zamboni, Jacob W. Davis, Ottó Bláthy, Aimo Lahti, and Walter Hunt. After him are Eunice Newton Foote, Colin Archer, Pavel Yablochkov, Ernst Alexanderson, Tivadar Puskás, and Samuel Morland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Aurel Stodola ranks 74. Before him are Adolf Bertram, Otto Hölder, Kostis Palamas, Karl Muck, Otto Warburg, and Johan Jensen. After him are Paja Jovanović, Kosta Khetagurov, Samuel Alexander, Maurice Paléologue, Constantine VI of Constantinople, and Louis Majorelle. Among people deceased in 1942, Aurel Stodola ranks 108. Before him are Kiyoura Keigo, Yakov Perelman, Emma Calvé, Charlie Christian, Joseph Larmor, and Jacques-Émile Blanche. After him are Adolf Mayer, Vladimir Petlyakov, Heinrich Vogeler, Léon Daudet, Ahatanhel Krymsky, and Olga Benário Prestes.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Aurel Stodola ranks 97 out of 357. Before him are Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849), Pavol Molnár (1936), Zoltán Halmay (1881), Juraj Haulik (1788), Gyula Cseszneky (1914), and Anton Ondruš (1950). After him are Viliam Široký (1902), Dušan Uhrin (1943), Anna Kolesárová (1928), Pavel Peter Gojdič (1888), Juraj Herz (1934), and Paul Kray (1735).

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Among INVENTORS In Slovakia

Among inventors born in Slovakia, Aurel Stodola ranks 3. Before him are Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734) and Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871). After him are Jozef Murgaš (1864).

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